Manx History, Heritage & Culture Podcasts

​Manx History, Heritage & Culture:

MANX RADIO OLD NEWS:

• OLD NEWS 18 SEPTEMBER 2026 Agatha Christie

  As we hear of a radio play being broadcast by the BBC about Agatha Christies visit to the Isle of Man in 1930 to research a commissioned short Treasure Hunt story to help attract visitors to the Island, H looks back at how the papers of the time reported it . .

 MANX RADIO'S ISLAND LIFE SERIES:

• REWIND - ELECTION SPECIAL

  H takes another look back across our programming in recent weeks. A special this time, as he relives the 2026 General Election Night coverage - in his own inimitable style.

THE ARCHIVE ROOM:

• Showbusiness - 30's and 40's style - more fascinating and fun stories from The Archive Room

  Eva Kane, Douglas Buxton and Norah Moore share fascinating stories from the musical life of the Island from the early 1900's onwards.

AT YOUR SERVICE:

• Music making at the Cathedral in Peel - and irony in the Gospels - find out more here!

  The Choir of St German's Cathedral in Peel have recorded a new CD of music for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany - on this week's programme we preview the music and talk to Director of Music Dr Peter Litman, and some of the Choristers and Probationers about the recording process, and about their recent trip to sing in the famous King's College Chapel in Cambridge. And Radio Rev Jon Garde looks for - and finds - much irony in Matthew's Gospel. Plus another packed notice board

PAUSE FOR A POEM:

• 1. PAUSE FOR A POEM - Joan Bennett

  Join H as he turns back the years and flips through the pages of "Pause for a Poem" - a Manx Radio feature back in 1970s. Did you feature?!

MANX RADIO AT 60:

• Manx Radio at 60: The Last Look

  John Moss takes a final trip into the archives to relive some of the finest interviews and features we've brought you throughout our 60th anniversary year.

KELLY'S EYE: 

• KELLY'S EYE - CLARENCE TERRACE

  David and Peter look at well-known terrace from the 1840s and some new buildings there . .

ISLE OF MAN HERITAGE RAILWAYS: 

• MANX ELECTRIC RAILWAYS 130th ANNIVERSARY

  A continuation of Mike Buttell's journey through history on our Heritage Transport in a year of Anniversary Celebrations.  This week: Mike completes the journey to Ramsey, remembers a landslip that might have seen the end of the Railway and reveals a top secret service at the top of Snaefell, in this final part of our series about the Island's pioneering and much loved form of transport.

TERRY CRINGLE'S HISTORY MAN:

• The History Man - 18th December 2022

  In this archive edition, Terry looks at the history of Noble's Hospital.

THE CHARLES GUARD SERIES

• Giles Job relives childhood memories of Derby Castle

  Giles Job lived in the Derby Castle Hotel as a child in the late 1940s. At the time the building was divided into two apartments and he and his family lived in one of them.
  On a recent visit to the Isle of Man he took the opportunity to talk to Charles Guard about his memories of the living there, including anecdotes about the Derby Castle theatre, the dance hall and the underground maze of cellars and passages that he explored as a young boy.
   

 

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